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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: N.Y. survivors of Sandy ditch the city to ‘bug out’ in preparation for doomsday

Updated: October 25 2013,
Author: barrel fan
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Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments, Business Cycles, Communities and Cities, Economic Institutions, Economic Systems, Goods and Services
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Some Hurricane Sandy survivors have begun to study up on “doomsday prepping” in case another environmental disaster hits. City slickers by day, survivalists in the NYC Preppers Network head up to the Catskill Mountains on the weekends, armed with just the basics to practice living off the land. Paul Solman reports.

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